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Brilliant Corners #42: the First Viennese High End Show
Whenever I spend time in Vienna, I never think I'm going to eat schnitzel every day, but somehow it happens anyway. The truth is that when done right, schnitzel is a scientifically perfect dish: unexpectedly light, texturally complete, and oddly comforting.
Bowers & Wilkins Stands Tall at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Kevin Zarow about the gear in this room at the show, including Bowers & Wilkins' 801 D5 floorstanding loudspeakers.
Steinway Lyngdorf Mounts Up at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Lee Rambler of Steinway Lyngdorf about the company's new LCR-2 wall-mount loudspeaker.
Re-Tales #69: High-End Audio Hotspots
Is This Year's "Gobsmacked" Next Year's "Ho-Hum"?
I bought my first real stereo setup—a Sony STR-6050 receiver, an Audio Research XA turntable, and a pair of KLH 6 speakers—in 1968. After that, I routinely changed my equipment, but it wasn't until 1982, when I started reading Stereophile and The Absolute Sound, that my pursuit of great sound began in earnest.
Playback Distribution Presents a Grand North American Vienna Acoustics Loudspeaker Debut at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Rob Standley of Playback Distribution about the gear in this room at the show, including the North American debut of Vienna Acoustics' Schubert Grand Sonata loudspeakers.
Focal Attains Utopia at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Chris Shaw of Focal and Naim about the gear in this room at the show, including the North American debut of Focal's Scala Utopia Evo M loudspeakers.
Intimate Machines
Recording of September 2026: Miles Davis: Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings
Miles Davis, trumpet; Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Tommy Flanagan, Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, drums
Craft 7274563/4, CR00693 (3 CDs, 4 LPs, 24/192 PCM files). 1956/2026.